Untransfiguration

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Untransfiguration

Untransfiguration was a branch ofTransfigurationmagic and a type ofcounter-spell, which involved returning something to its proper form, reversing the effects of a Transfiguration.^[1]

Untransfiguration was covered in beginner-level spellbooks such asA Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration. Learning Untransfiguration was mandatory atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from1926 onward.^[2] Failure to at least attempt to Untransfigure a wrongly-done Transfiguration was considered irresponsible.

Methods[]

Reparifarge seemed to be a general Untransfigurative spell used to counter the effects of aTransformation spell that was poorly performed and only partiallyTransfigured the object in question. The spell was located inA Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration byEmeric Switch.^[1]

There existed aspell which could changeAnimagiwizards and witches back into their human form from their animal form.^[3]

TheRevelio Charm could be used to Untransfigure a Transfigured human.^[4]

Aurors working for theBritish Ministry of Magic often had to Untransfigure transformed objects in their line of work.^[5]

Known instances[]

During the1890–1891 school year, fifth-year students were taught a transformation spell which anunidentified student was able to use againstAnimagus poachers in order to revert them into their original form, even in the midst of a battle.^[6]

In the aftermath of the arrest ofPercival Graves in theNew York subway in1926,Newton Scamander used theRevelio Charm to reveal that it was actually theDark wizardGellert Grindelwald, who had usedHuman Transfiguration to take the appearance of theMACUSA official.^[4]

InHarry Potter's firstTransfiguration class in1991, ProfessorMinerva McGonagallTransfigured her desk into apig, and the pigback to a desk.^[7]

In1994,Remus Lupin andSirius BlackchangedPeter Pettigrew from a rat back into his usual human appearance, during theEncounter at the Shrieking Shack.^[3]

At the start of the1994–1995 school year at Hogwarts, when the newDefence Against the Dark Arts professorBarty Crouch Jnr (disguised asAlastor Moody)TransfiguredDraco Malfoy into aferret on theMarble Staircase,Minerva McGonagallTransfigured him back into a human.^[8]

In1996,Albus Dumbledore had toUntransfigureHorace Slughorn after Slughorn hadtransformed himself into an armchair, whilst he was hiding in aMuggle house inBudleigh Babberton from theDeath Eaters.^[9]

Known practitioners[]

Minerva McGonagall^[7][8]

Albus Dumbledore^[9]

Remus Lupin^[3]

Sirius Black^[3]

Newton Scamander^[4]

• Aurors^[5]

Behind the scenes[]

According toW.O.M.B.A.T., it may not be possible to Untransfigure a person or object without knowing what they were originally. However, inHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, whenDraco Malfoy is turned into aferret,Professor McGonagall Untransfigures him while only knowing that it was a student, not who it was specifically. This implies that either one does not need to know very specific details about what the object was before Transfiguration or that she guessed it was Malfoy due to his absence from his usual gang.

Appearances[]

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix(First identified as Untransfiguration)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Harry Potter for Kinect
• Pottermore
• HarryPotter.com
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Notes and references[]

Transfiguration (class)
Branches ofTransfiguration	Transformation ·Vanishment ·Conjuration ·Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners	Circe ·Emeric Switch ·Falco Aesalon ·Mirabella Plunkett ·Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors	Albus Dumbledore ·Minerva McGonagall ·Charles Rookwood ·Matilda Weasley
Textbooks	A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration ·Intermediate Transfiguration ·A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) ·Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) ·Hardening Charm (Duro) ·Mending Charm (Reparo) ·Partial Vanishment ·Reparifarge ·Softening Charm (Spongify) ·Switching Spell ·Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells	Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) ·Inanimatus Conjurus Spell ·Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) ·Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells	Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) ·Armadillo to Pillow ·Bowling Ball to Balloon ·Beetle into Button ·Cauldron to badger ·Cat to cauldron (Felifors) ·Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages ·Chair to cat ·Cross-Species Switches ·Desk Into Pig ·Fairy Cakes to Fairies ·Feather Duster to Ferret ·Ferret to Feather Duster ·Gobstone to butterfly ·Goldfinch to Golden Snitch ·Flobberworm to Fritter ·Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes ·Guinea fowl to guinea pig ·Gobstone to Skunk ·Hedgehog to pincushion ·King to Rook ·Lovebird to Love Note ·Match to needle ·Meddling Man to Monkey ·Mice to Snuffboxes ·Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) ·Pawn to Queen ·Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) ·Puffskein to Paperweight ·Rubbish to Raccoon Dog ·Small Child to Rat ·Small object to dragon (Draconifors) ·Snail to Teapot ·Target to bird (Avifors) ·Target to matchbox (Flintifors) ·Target to rabbit (Lapifors) ·Teacup into Gerbil ·Teacup to Rat ·Teapot to Tortoise ·Thimble to Thestral ·Toad to Toadstool ·Tortoise to Trumpet ·White rabbits to slippers